Elevating apparatus for motor-cars.



H. MEYER.

ELEVATING APPARATUS FOR MOTOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. 1914.

1,186,415. Patented June 6,1916.

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H. MEYER.

ELEVATING APPARATUS FOR MOTOR CARS.

1 APPLICATION FILED OCT- 30, IQH.

Patented J 11110 16.

awwwbo a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENIMY. M -EYER 0F; RHIN'EL; A.ND:, MISS-QU R I.

ELEYATING APPARATUS.- FOR MOTORCARSi Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJune 6; 1916.

Application filed-.October 30; 1914. Seria1,No.i869,'465..-

To all whom 5154mm concern.

Be it knownethat I, HENRYMEYEMH. citi-. zenof the. United States,residingat Rhine.- land,i1r the countyof Montgomery and State :ofMissouri, have invented new and useful.

Improvements in Elevating. Apparatus--. for

Motor-Cars, of whiclr the following is a specification.

This invention relates to elevating apparatus for motor cars, the objectof:theinvention being to provide simple means whereby, for example, whenthe ownersor driver of a motor car, propels his machine into the garage,the car' will be aut'omaticallyraised slightly but sufiiciently toremove the load being omitted. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation ofone of the rear axle attachments. 'Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of thesame. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the front axle attachmentsshowing the axlein cross section. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of thesame. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the elevating rests. Fig. 7is a similar view showing a modified form of rest.

Referring to the drawings A designates generally an automobile or motorcar which is conventionally shown, the same being provided with the rearwheels at and front wheels a. On the rear axle housing 3 are mountedrollers 4:, the latter being located by preference directly under therear axle housing as shown in Fig. 1. Each of the rollers is journaledon a shaft or spindle 5 which is supported by a pair of cars 6 betweenwhich the roller 4; revolves, said ears 6 being formed on a band orstrap 7 which is divided or split at 8 and provided with flanges 9adjacent to the extremities of the band, said flanges being adapted toreceive one or more clamping bolts 10 whereby the strap 7 may beconfined tightly around the axle housing so as to prevent the same fromturning. In like manner rollers 11 are mounted under the front axle 12which is shown in the usual form of an I beamach f the rollers 11 ismounted on-a shaftor spindle 12 carriedby parallel ears -13 farranged inspaced relationto each other to receive the roller 11-be-' tween them.The ears 13, are-formed on the mainsection 14' ofa-clip-for engaging thebottom portion of the axle 12, the-other sect1OILz15:Of:Sa1Cl clip beingremovably "fastened;

to thesection #14 by means. of a throughbolt 16-passing through bothsections; as-shown in Fig.4 Bothscctionsnlt and15 areprovided. withlips. 17 :which project overthe bottom: flange to the front axlewtherebysecurely fastening the roller 11 in its proper position directly beneath1 the axles It: willv be understood that two rollers 4 are fastenedbeneath the rear axle and a corresponding number of rollers 11 arefastened beneath the front axle. In connection with said rollers Iemploy stands one of which is designated generally at B. Each standcomprises a top rail 18 and legs 19 extending downwardly therefrom andadaptedto rest upon the ground as indicated in Fig. 6. Supported uponthe top rail 18 is a track rail 20 upon which one of the rollers 4 and11 is adapted to travel, the opposite end portions of said rail beingdeflected downwardly as shown at 21 tofacilitate the movement of therollers onto and off the stand. The

rail 20 is anchored in place by means of a bolt 22 the head of which iscountersunk in the rail. Said bolt extends downwardly between the legs19 through a combined guide and tie strap 23 which connects the legs 19.The lower end of the bolt 22 is inserted through the horizontallyextending upper end portion 24: of an anchor 25 having a horizontallyextended base portion 26 sunk and embedded in the ground. The lowerthereto, said legs l9 being'provided with laterally extending feet 28which rest upon the ground and may be bolted or otherwise 7 fastened toa floor or supporting surface.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings it will now be understood that when. the

rollers, four in number, are fastened to the front and rear axles of amotor car in the manner shownand described, and the stands anchored tothe floor or ground in a garage or other building, the rails 20 beinglocated at a higher elevation than the bottoms of the rollers i and 11,the car when propelled upon said rails 20 will be elevated sufficientlyto take the Weight of the car and. its load off the pneumatic tires, thedownwardly deflected end portions 2 1 of the roller supportingrailsfacilitating the movement of the motor car upon and off said stand. Insome cases it may be found desirable to provide pits 29 adjacent to thestand B in which case it will not be necessary to locate the rollersupporting rails 20 at such a high elevation. The rails 20 may be highenough to remove thetires entirely from contact with the floor or groundbut ordinarily it is only necessary to locate-the rails 20 at asufficient height to In testimony whereof I affix my signatureinpresence of two witnesses.

HENRY MEYER.

\Vitnesses BEN Grosniv A. R. THEISSEN.

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